
High GPA or Rigorous Courses?
As a college consultant, I continue to receive many questions about which is better: taking easier classes and getting a high GPA, or risk losing a few tenths of a

As a college consultant, I continue to receive many questions about which is better: taking easier classes and getting a high GPA, or risk losing a few tenths of a

As I traveled around the Deep South last week visiting colleges, I was happy to feel some of my old stereotypes melt away. To be sure, southern colleges reflect their

Today I’m on the campus of Tulane University, and I visited Loyola University New Orleans yesterday. Both these universities were in the local news because of big increases in interest

An article in the Tufts Daily indicates that the university has accepted quite a few more students from its Early Decision pool than last year: 12% more. It could be,

Get it right the first time, I say. When asked why someone ought to hire an educational consultant, one of my top five reasons is predicated on the fact that

The Chronicle of Higher Education has joined in the reporting on “Score Choice,” the new policy by the College Board to allow students the ability to choose which test scores

Peter Schwartz from the Huffington Post has writen a funny, yet sorta sad piece about how he has been fretting about his son’s college applications. The funny part is that

An interesting piece on 20/20 this evening about college graduates with buyer’s remorse. You can have a look at the segment here: ABC News: Some Debt-Laden Gradutes Wonder Why

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